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Pharma Is Whacking R&D, Too -- Or Is It?: The variety of woes afflicting Big Pharma have led to a spate of well-publicized layoffs, mostly among sales forces -- 42,000 since the beginning of 2007, according to one count. Yesterday, Cole Werber at the In Vivo Blog highlighted yet another foreboding statistic: Drugmakers are also starting to trim R&D...; Tags: Report, R&D, Industry, Pharmaceutical Company, Werber, PhRMA, Research & Development, Business Operations, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-04-12
Drug Firms Question Investment in UK: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Global drugmakers have started to question their investment in Britain, following a government decision to scrap a 50-year-old drug pricing scheme, the outgoing head of the country's industry body said on Thursday. Nigel Brooksby, president of the Association of the British ...; Tags: Drug Company, Investment, Industry, U.K., Britain, Government, Research & Development, Vertical Industries; News items 2008-04-30
Medtronic to Cut About 1,100 Jobs: By Susan Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc (MDT) on Tuesday said it would eliminate about 1,100 jobs this year, or almost 3 percent of its work force, in businesses whose growth has slowed, including its flagship heart rhythm device unit. The company...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial accounting, HEALTHCARE, Medtronic Inc., medical device, earnings, Chicago, acquisition, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-05-06
Sony Ericsson First Quarter Pretax Dives: By Adam Cox and Jerker Hellstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters UK) - Sony Ericsson posted a 47 percent dive in first-quarter profits on Wednesday, slipping a spot to fifth among mobile phone makers as demand slowed in Europe for more expensive camera and music handsets. The results were...; Tags: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Euro, Handset, Research & Development, Cellular Phones, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; News items 2008-04-23
The DMA Statistics and Modeling for Direct Marketers: This article explains that The DMA Statistics and Modeling for Direct Marketers has been designed to meet your needs. Learn how to better understand and evaluate direct marketing statistics to make truly informed decisions about your critical marketing practices. Read on to know more.; Tags: Research & Development, Marketing research, modeling, direct marketing, marketing; White papers

"The DMA Statistics and Modeling for Direct Marketers: This article explains that The DMA Statistics and Modeling for Direct Marketers has been designed to meet your needs. Learn how to better understand and evaluate direct marketing statistics to make truly informed decisions about your critical marketing practices. Read on to know more.; Tags: Research & Development, Marketing research, modeling, direct marketing, marketing; White papers
Density Analysis from Seismic Velocity Field Using Forward Modeling, A Case Study from Black Sea: In an area of the Black Sea where there are no wells to tie to, it is often difficult interpret lithologies and general rock properties from seismic data alone. We applied a simple density analysis to the seismic stacking velocities of a 500 km-long marine seismic line to help constrain...; Tags: Geosoft Inc., analysis, knowledge management, modeling; Case studies
BorgWarner Emissions/Thermal Systems: Consolidating Three Engineering Organizations With SolidWorks: BorgWarner Emissions/Thermal Systems is a leading tier-one manufacturer of emissions control and cooling systems for automotive applications. The Thermal Systems group, which was created through the merger of Eaton, Kysor, and Schwitzer, faced the challenge of integrating the product development activities of three companies into one efficient organization.; Tags: Product marketing, SolidWorks Corp., product development, merger; Case studies
Utilimaster Corporation :Delivering Commercial Vehicles Ahead of Schedule With SolidWorks: As a leading manufacturer of commercial vehicles, Utilimaster Corporation develops a variety of custom-designed vans and trucks. For many years, the company utilized 2D design tools, but the design team became dissatisfied with its 2D tools because they did not provide capabilities for creating detailed assembly and exploded view drawings,...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SolidWorks Corp., 2D, modeling, 3D, tool, manufacturing, team; Case studies
Weldon Technologies, Inc.: Delivering Configurable Warning Lights With SolidWorks: Weldon Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of illuminating devices and electrical control systems for specialty vehicles, recognized the need to streamline its design process to solidify its technical leadership position in the specialty lighting market. Specifically, the company needed to deploy parametric optical design and assembly configurations to introduce a...; Tags: SolidWorks Corp., modeling, leadership, 3D; Case studies
Dynacon, Inc.: Automating Medical Plate Handling and Streaking With SolidWorks: Dynacon, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets automated systems for the medical laboratory and aerospace markets. The company's Lab Automation Group realized the need to upgrade to a more reliable, robust CAD package for designing its InocuLAB series of automated media inoculating and streaking instruments for laboratory processing of urine samples....; Tags: SolidWorks Corp., aerospace, CAD, modeling, software; Case studies
Airflow Visualisation for Theatre HVAC System: This paper describes computer modeling of the system to estimate heat flows into and within the space, and three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics modeling to estimate airflows and temperatures. Using these models, it is able to fine tune the supply air quantities and locations, and confirm that the system could function...; Tags: Research & Development, modeling, computer; White papers
Atofina Petrochemicals Inc.: Optimized HDPE Unit Significantly Improves Product Quality, Lowers Operating Costs: This case study is about ATOFINA Petrochemicals, which has manufacturing facilities in Texas and Louisiana, as well as a research and development facility in La Porte, Texas and a refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. ATOFINA Petrochemicals, Inc. is committed to a continuous progress initiative that focuses on streamlining operations and...; Tags: Texas, R&D, manufacturing, performance; Case studies
Sterling Chemicals: This case study is about Sterling Chemicals, which produces petrochemicals, acrylic fibers and pulp chemicals, and provides large-scale chlorine dioxide generators to the pulp and paper industry. Its primary petrochemical facility is in Texas City, Texas, where it produces styrene, acrylonitrile, acetic acid, plasticizers, methanol and sodium cyanide. CATSCAN provides...; Tags: Performance management, chemicals, software modeling, performance monitoring, dashboard, fiber, modeling, performance, industry, tool, software; Case studies
Strategies for Energy Efficient Modeling Seer 2003: This case study report examines the technologies, methods and installation of specific energy efficiency strategies. The information presented here stems from a "gut rehab" of a house in rural New Jersey as part of the SEER project through the Building America Existing Buildings Program2. As other remodeling projects are undertaken...; Tags: NAHB Research Center, strategy, knowledge base, knowledge; Case studies
Solar Partners Energy Case Study: A solar energy system was designed for a business in San Jose. This system included 64 Sharp 185 solar modules and 4 Sunnyboy 2500 UL-SBD inverters. A total of 11,840 watts of peak power generating capability is provided (based on manufacturer output ratings). The case study below briefly summarizes the...; Tags: solar energy, analysis, performance; Case studies
Blair Towns: Energy: The article describes about green building and HVAC equipment. The mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineer specified small, packaged, individual HVAC equipment. Special efficiencies were gained by the use of a combined furnace and water heater in each dwelling unit. Nearly all of the unit and common interior areas use Energy...; Tags: Construction, HVAC, modeling; Case studies
How Copyright, Contract, and Technology Shape the Business of Digital Media: In this Green Paper, the Berkman Center's Digital Media Project has conducted an exploratory case study on Apple's Online Music Store iTunes from a legal and business perspective. The objective of this analysis is twofold: First, it seeks to gain advanced knowledge of the relationships among copyright law, contract law,...; Tags: Berkman Center, digital media, copyright law, online music, adjustment, digital-rights management, analysis, knowledge; Case studies
Building Capacity for Eco-efficiency and DfE in the Automotive Parts Manufacturing Sector: As part of a partnership of public and private sector organizations, Five Winds International, Magna International, Industry Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 3M, University of Waterloo and the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association joined together to develop DfE tools for the automotive sector. The overall purpose of the project was to build...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, product development, manufacturing, training, technique, partnership, tool; Case studies
Friends Provident: Streamlining New Product Development: Friends Provident employed an in-house application to develop new business products and process new business quotations. The company wanted to reduce the product development time and enable quotes for multi currency products for their new business, customer services divisions and external distribution channels. Wipro helped Friends Provident build a single...; Tags: Product marketing, Wipro Technologies, New Product Development, product development, customer service; Case studies